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Scaling Ruby on Rails: Practical Advice

July 18, 2013

It’s the problem everyone wants to have — the need for scalability due to an influx of users and clients compared with what you expected when …

Why Should I Care About the JVM?

July 17, 2013

Possibly the cleverest thing that Sun ever did was create the JVM that underpins Java. JVM is short for Java Virtual Machine and it comes as …

iOS Notifications: Introduction and NSNotificationCenter

Eric Schweitzer,

July 15, 2013

I have found that the different types of notifications in iOS and how these notifications relate to Notification Center, are a source of great confusion. Recently, …

Here’s How to Create Scorchingly Fast JavaScript

July 11, 2013

The race continues to produce the fastest JavaScript engines in browsers. With the recent release of Firefox 22, Mozilla’s jumped past Chrome. Its not-so-secret sauce is …

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C#: Xamarin Studio—Is it Worth a Look?

July 8, 2013

When a new programming technology comes along, it’s not always the easiest to pick up: iOS development is a case in hand. Back in July 2008, …

Developing Cloud-Based SaaS Web Applications

David Brumbaugh,

June 18, 2013

The demand for Web development skills needed to design, build and deploy Software as a Service applications should continue to increase over the next several years …

Drilling Into JBoss AS’s Successor – WildFly 8

May 9, 2013

Say hello to WildFly 8, the successor to the JBoss application server and a new JBoss community project. Well, it will be when it becomes available, …

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StageXL Moves You Easily From ActionScript 3 to HTML5

April 2, 2013

So you’re an ActionScript 3 developer creating Flash games, but you can see the writing on the wall. Taking a long view, is it time to …

Understanding Variable Types in Dart

March 6, 2013

In my first tutorial about working with Dart, we looked at how to use its editor, definitely the best way to learn your way around. Now, …

Learn How to Program in Dart

January 18, 2013

This is the first tutorial in a series on learning to program in Dart, Google’s alternative to JavaScript. Although no other browser manufacturer has shown any …

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